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Joshua

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Joshua Davis (born 1971) is an American artist, designer, andtechnologist producing public and private works for companies,collectors, and institutions. Davis is renowned for pioneering anoriginal method of computational, generative-art known as DynamicAbstraction. »Davis explores the technical and aesthetic limits ofsoftware programs Flash and Illustrator to generate unique visualcompositions according to rules-based, randomized processes.«(Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, »National DesignTriennial: Design Life Now«, 2006)

SPACE (e)

Each year I pick a new theme and explore that theme to push myself tochange and explore new work. TYPO Berlin gave me the theme of SPACEand decided that this would be my theme for 2009. What does »Space«mean? Outer Space? Defining our own Space? Running out of Space? TheSpacing of objects? The relationship between the Space betweenobjects? Are we alone, or are we all connected? The theme of Space isvague enough to experiment with work that encompasses some literalexploration and some more abstract exploration based on this theme. Inmy presentation I'll walk you through my process into some threads ofthis theme and see what kind of unexpected results we can come upwith.